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Monthly Archives: May 2012
McAfee’s AV study shows why Win8’s Defender is needed
McAfee’s estimate that 17 per cent of PC users worldwide do not run AV is why Microsoft should extend its Windows 8 enhanced Defender-by-default to older and even pirated Windows. “With the increasing number of global cyber-attacks affecting consumers, it … Continue reading
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The world’s scariest computer virus
OPINION Welcome to the new frontier of cyber-espionage, and remember this name: “Flame” – a mysterious new cyber spy tool that hit the headlines this week. Its code is 20 times larger than Stuxnet, the mysterious computer worm that temporarily … Continue reading
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Russia computer experts who detected Flame malware issue warning
MOSCOW – Computer virus experts at Kaspersky Lab, acting with the blessing of the United Nations, were searching for a villain dubbed the Wiper when they came across a much more menacing suspect requiring a new moniker: Flame. The malicious … Continue reading
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One in Six PC Users Goes Naked, Security-Wise
You’ve got antivirus protection, I’m sure – perhaps you even have a full security suite installed. But what about your friends and neighbors? A study by security giant McAfee reveals that one in six consumers worldwide either has no security … Continue reading
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Flamer At Least 10 Times Bigger Than Stuxnet; Symantec Says Malware Attacks Soar
CAPITOL HILL: The number of malware attacks soared 81 percent last year, from three billion in 2010 to five-and-a-half billion in 2012, Symantec senior engineer Patrick Gardner told congressional staff in a briefing here today. But those raw numbers aren’t … Continue reading
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McAfee, Inc. : Remarks of Michael DeCesare at White House event Building Cyber Security Partnerships and Promoting Voluntary Action: Stopping Botnets – 4
30 May 2012, 8:30am, Indian Treaty Room 474, White House Complex On behalf of McAfee, thank you for giving me the opportunity to participate in this important event. I want to congratulate Howard Schmidt, the many other stakeholders in government, … Continue reading
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How to teach tomorrow’s doctors about social media privacy
Social media and healthcare privacy may not mix well, but telling the trainees who have grown up with social media to simply “abstain – or else!” doesn’t help students structure their behaviour in the digital age. Medical schools and universities … Continue reading
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Hotel booking confirmation emails aim to infect your computer. Watch out!
Be on your guard against emails that claim to be about a hotel booking that you never made – you could be putting your computer at risk of infection by malware. Emails have been spammed out claiming to be a … Continue reading
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Potential Symantec (SYMC) Trade Has $13.11 Breakeven
Portions of this content may be copy written by Fresh Brewed Media, Investors Observer, and/or O2 Media LLC. SmartReadMX and other related related technologies used to produce content for this service are covered by US Patents numbers 7,865,496, 7,856,390, and … Continue reading
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McAfee finds 17 per cent of PCs have no antivirus protection
A McAfee study of PCs around the world found that 17% had no antivirus protection. The study counted as unprotected machines those that had no antivirus protection installed, or whose antivirus subscription had expired. In the US which outpaced the … Continue reading
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